Il-Hajja u L-Avventuri ta' Santa Klaws

Il-Ħajja u l-Avventuri ta Santa Klaws ​​(​The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus​)by Frank L. Baum was translated into Maltese by Matthew Scerri, Ph.D. Illustrations were done by Mario Portelli. The first edition of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus appeared for sale in 1902. To this day, it remains one of the most popular books ever written by Baum, to the extent that many different editions of this work have been published. A graphical romance, two animated cartoons and a series of animations based on this book were also published.

​About the Translator

Matthew Scerri studied Italian language at the University of Malta, where he received his Ph.D. in 2011. The title of his doctoral thesis was ​L'elemento favolistico-fiabesco nella narrativa giovanile scritta da Italo Calvino. ​Scerri teaches Italian in an independent secondary school in Malta and is a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Italian within the Faculty of Arts at the aforementioned university. In 2013, the translator published his second book ​Chi Cerca Trova: Cinquanta crucipuzzle per chi vuole apprendere il lessico italiano ​also with FARAXA Publishing. ​Il-Ħajja u l-Avventuri ta Santa Klaws ​​is the translator's first book published by FARAXA.